TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - Women's suffrage in America: an eyewitness history SN - 0816023093 (alk. paper) AV - JK1898 .F76 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Facts on File KW - Women KW - Suffrage KW - United States KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Sources KW - Suffragists N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-443) and index; Acknowledgments -- What do women want? 1800-1834 -- Slavery and suffrage: 1835-1839 -- Women overseas--the World Anti-Slavery Convention: 1840-1847 -- Women of Seneca Falls: 1848-1849 -- Wave of agitation: 1850-1854 -- Whiff of scandal--divorce and reform: 1855-1860 -- Civil Wars: 1861-1865 -- Bitter defeats: 1865-1869 -- Separate paths to suffrage: 1870-1879 -- United once more: 1880-1892 -- End of an era: 1893-1906 -- On strike and on parade: 1907-1916 -- To war and victory: 1917-1920 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities N2 - Chronicles the struggle of American women for the right to vote, from 1800 to their victory in 1920. Includes quotations from contemporary witnesses through memoirs, letters, and other documents of the period ER -